Video Clip Series: Various Tactics to Handle a Boxer

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Basic Shaolin Kungfu against Boxing, Kick-Boxing, Muay Tahi and Wrestling -- Part 18
Review of the Regional Shaolin Kungfu Course in Barcelona 2007

VARIOUS TACTICS TO HANDLE A BOXER

As soon as a Boxer moves his hand, you can close him and strike him

Besides kicking a Boxer as soon as he uses his right hand, you can also kick him when he uses his left. For convenience, this tactic is called “kick when left”.

There are also other tactics to handle a Boxer. The class goes over the numerous other tactics learnt and practiced in previous lessons, such as closing or opening the Boxer and simultaneously striking him.

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Chase Boxer if he Retreats
This is a progression of the “kick when right” tactic. If your opponent moves back as you kick, chase after him and strike him, taking care to close him as you attack. Various ways of chasing have been dealt with in previous video series.
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Temporarily Suspend “Close and Strike” Tactic
Grandmaster Wong explains that the participants may close the Boxer as soon as he jabs his right hand, and simultaneously strike him, like what has been practiced earlier. But he asks them to suspend this “close and strike” tactic for the time being, and practice the newly learnt “kick when right” tactic.
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Grandmaster Wong also review another previously learnt tactic, that of “open and strike”. In this clip the “close and strike” and “open and strike” tactics are used together. As a Boxer jabs with his right hand, close him and strike. If he tries to counter with his right hand, open him and strike.
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Close or Intercept Boxer’s Right Attacks
Grandmaster Wong reviews another previously learnt tactic. When a Boxer attacks with his right hand, close him with your left “Wave Dragon Back to Cave” and simultaneously strike him. If his right attack is still far away, like when he throws a right hook, intercept him with “Immortal Emerges from Cave” and simultaneously strike him.
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Kick when Boxer uses Left Hand
Now Grandmaster Wong teaches another tactic using kicks. As soon as a Boxer uses his left hand, lean back and kick, follow with strikes, taking care to cover the Boxer as you attack. This is a “kick when left” tactic.
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Applying Various Tactics against A Boxer
Grandmaster Wong demonstrates using the “kick hen left” tactic in conjunction with other tactics. As soon as a Boxer uses his left hand, Grandmaster Wong kicks him,. When he moves back, Grandmaster Wong chases after the Boxer, closes or opens him and strike him. When he uses his left hand again, Grandmaster executes a side kick.
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